50th Filmfare Awards, 2005,Filmfare Awards

The 50th Filmfare Awards took place on February 26, 2005 in Mumbai. This was the awards' Golden Jubilee Year and to commemorate the occasion, this year the award trophy ('The Black Lady' statue) was made in gold. Moreover, a special award: 'Best Film in 50 years' was also presented to Ramesh Sippy's Sholay.

Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan and Farida Jalal were the hosts of the special evening. The grand night was inaugurated with a song sung by Abhijeet Sawant and Amit Sana (‘Indian Idol’ finalists). Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan made his entry and lighted the ‘50 years’ drape fireworks display. The film ‘Yuva’ (directed by Mani Ratnam) swept several awards for the year 2005. The film was released in 2004 with the primary objective to motivate educated Indian youth to enter politics. Here is the list of categories and winners for the year 2005.

The Winners For 50 Golden Filmfare Awards Were:

Category	Winner	Film
Best Actor	Shahrukh Khan	Swades
Best Actress	Rani Mukerji	Hum Tum
Best Film	Yash Chopra	Veer-Zaara
Best Director	Kunal Kohli	Hum Tum
Best Debut Actor (Male)	-	-
Best Debut Actor (Female)	Ayesha Takia	Taarzan: The Wonder Car & Dil Maange More
Best Supporting Actor (Male)	Abhishek Bachchan	Yuva
Best Supporting Actor (Female)	Rani Mukerji	Yuva
Best Actor in a Comic Role	Saif Ali Khan	Hum Tum
Best Actor in a Negative Role	Priyanka Chopra	Aitraaz
Best Music Direction	Anu Malik	Main Hoon Na
Best Lyricist	Javed Akhtar	Veer Zaara -'Tere Liye'
Best Playback Singer (Male)	Kunal Ganjawala	Murder - 'Bheege Honthh Tere'
Best Playback Singer (Female)	Alka Yagnik	Hum Tum - 'Hum Tum'

Filmfare Critics Awards 2005

Category	Winner	Film
Best Actor Critics Award	Pankaj Kapoor	Maqbool
Best Actress Critics Award	Kareena Kapoor	Dev
Best Film Critics Award	Govind Nihalani and Mani Ratnam	Dev and Yuva

Filmfare Special Awards 2005

Category	Winner
Life Time Achievement Award	Rajesh Khanna
R. D. Burman Award	Kunal Ganjawala
Power Awards	Shahrukh Khan

Filmfare Technical Awards 2005

Category	Winner	Film
Best Background Score	A. R. Rahman	Swades
Best Action	Vikram Dharma	Yuva
Best Art Direction	Sabu Cyril	Yuva
Best Sound	Yash Chopra	Dhoom
Best Screenplay	Mani Ratnam	Yuva
Best Cinematography	Christopher Popp	Lakshya
Best Choreography	Prabhu Deva	Lakshya - 'Main Aisa Kyon Hoon'
Best Dialogue	Aditya Chopra	Veer-Zaara
Best Story	Aditya Chopra	Veer-Zaara